Figured since there were so many injuries last season, it deserves its own thread for this year. And already, we have a serious injury. NYI defenseman Mark Streit could miss up to six months.

The New York Islanders' chances of returning to the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2007 may have suffered a huge blow.

The team announced Sunday that Mark Streit, the team's No. 1 defenseman, will be out indefinitely with a left shoulder injury suffered when he crashed into the boards during a scrimmage at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday morning. Newsday is reporting Streit will miss six months after suffering a torn rotator cuff and labrum.

Streit, one of the Islanders assistant captains, has played the last two seasons on Long Island, totaling 27 goals and 105 points. In his first year with the Islanders, Streit led the team in scoring with 16 goals and 56 points. He also represented the team at the 2009 All-Star Game in Montreal.

Last season, the native of Bern, Switzerland led all Islanders defenseman in scoring with 11 goals and 49 points. Streit, 33, was primed to be paired with James Wisniewski, who was acquired from the Anaheim Ducks this summer.

Edited by Hockeytown0001, 27 September 2010 - 02:16 PM.

"All done? Five bucks." - Pavel Datsyuk after an interview"Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings." - Steve Yzerman

Ian Laperriere says he played in last year’s playoffs with post-concussion symptoms, but did not tell the Flyers’ medical staff because he kept making excuses to himself that it was not related to his injury suffered against New Jersey....

[this just in from PBS...Sidney Crosby has been reported to have pulled his pud and is expected to miss the next 3 minutes. doctors were baffled to the situation, not knowing he actually had one, but remain optimistic for a speedy recovery.]

According to MLive, he just tweaked it and was replaced by Tatar in the lineup last night. Hopefully that's all it is.

The Flyers will have a pretty interesting situation in goal again, with Boucher getting the start for the beginning of the season. If he plays well, are they going to go back to Leighton when he returns? Possibly. Too bad that he got hurt.

"All done? Five bucks." - Pavel Datsyuk after an interview"Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings." - Steve Yzerman